Two big steps in the world of sport happened recently - the publication of the On The Team: Equal Opportunity for Transgender Student Athletes, and news stories about Kye Allums, the first out transgender person to play NCAA Division I basketball, at George Washington University. Allums joins a very short list of out transgender college athletes which also includes hammer thrower Keelin Godsey of Bates College.

On the Team, by Dr. Pat Griffin, Former Director of the It Takes A Team! Education Campaign for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Sport, Women’s Sports Foundation and Helen J. Carroll, Sports Project Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights, provides information and resources on this important topic, and precisely at a time when the issue is gaining more widespread media attention. The report...

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Two big steps in the world of sport happened recently - the publication of the On The Team: Equal Opportunity for Transgender Student Athletes, and news stories about Kye Allums, the first out transgender person to play NCAA Division I basketball, at George Washington University. Allums joins a very short list of out transgender college athletes which also includes hammer thrower Keelin Godsey of Bates College.

On the Team, by Dr. Pat Griffin, Former Director of the It Takes A Team! Education Campaign for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Sport, Women’s Sports Foundation and Helen J. Carroll, Sports Project Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights, provides information and resources on this important topic, and precisely at a time when the issue is gaining more widespread media attention. The report...